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An unusual album of uncommon subjects, possibly the result of a commission, with views and details of the ruins, tanks, sculpture, caves including interiors and sacred Bo-trees.
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'Photographs of the Ruined Cities of Ceylon, Anuradhapura & Pollanarua, by F. Skeen & Co., Colombo', circa 1880s-90s
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F. SKEEN & CO.
'Photographs of the Ruined Cities of Ceylon, Anuradhapura & Pollanarua, by F. Skeen & Co., Colombo', circa 1880s-90s
Album of one hundred albumen prints, approx. 8¼ x 10.7/8 in. or the reverse, all numbered and the majority signed Skeen & Co. in the negatives, sixteen with collector's blue ink stamp, images mounted back-to-back, printed title and captions pasted on mounts, printed label to inside of back cover F. Skeen & Co., Photographers, Colombo, half black leather, printed title in gilt on front cover, 11 x 14¼ in.
'Photographs of the Ruined Cities of Ceylon, Anuradhapura & Pollanarua, by F. Skeen & Co., Colombo', circa 1880s-90s
Album of one hundred albumen prints, approx. 8¼ x 10.7/8 in. or the reverse, all numbered and the majority signed Skeen & Co. in the negatives, sixteen with collector's blue ink stamp, images mounted back-to-back, printed title and captions pasted on mounts, printed label to inside of back cover F. Skeen & Co., Photographers, Colombo, half black leather, printed title in gilt on front cover, 11 x 14¼ in.
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.